Nissan Sunny Automatic India Launched At Rs. 8.49 Lakhs

Nissan India has finally launched the Sunny Automatic officially and the car is now on sale. The official launch price of Nissan Sunny CVT is Rs. 8.49 Lakhs ex-showroom Delhi and Rs. 8.86 Lakhs ex-showroom Mumbai. This price is lower than the speculated launch price which was expected to be around Rs. 8.9 Lakhs.

Nissan Sunny CVT comes only with the mid level XL Trim and has been priced at a premium of around Rs. 1.28 Lakhs over the manual petrol variant. Compared to the XL variant in manual transmission, the XL CVT model additionally offers automatic transmission system, chrome outside door handles and front fog lamps, rest of the features are same. Interestingly, the CVT version of Sunny offers a mileage of around 18 KMPL as per ARAI which is 1 KMPL higher than the manual version.

Updated on 12 April 2013

Nissan launched the Sunny in the year 2011 December and since then the auto maker did not look back. Sunny has reasonably given good sales figures because of its powerful diesel engine and delighting spacious interiors. Now there is another hot and hit talk in the auto mart and that is about the launch of Nissan Sunny Automatic version. The sedan has all the traits to woo the consumers. The long deep nose, elegant design, big alloy wheels, and the sleek pattern which hovers around the entire body of the car. People predict the launch of the sedan now and then but it is not yet officially announced by the company. As per one of the aired news we got to know about the price tag of the automatic sedan. Though as per our prediction vehicle can be rolled out soon in two to three weeks time.

From the cost list and the tag it is confirmed that the mid petrol version of the XL is going to comprise with the automatic transmission gear box. The automatic version will be costing at around 8.92 lakhs. This is said that Nissan automatic will be using the identical five speed CVT gear box which does duty in the opposite coequal Renault’s Scala version. This can be shocking for some of our readers to read but then we would like to clarify that Renault and Nissan shares the platform in common. This can easily be noticed by checking out the similarities which are bit same and present in the models.

In the pricing both the vehicles will be going to cost on moreover the same rate. This is also predicted that Sunny will be going to cost 2000 rupees lesser than Scala. The transmissions have changed and apart from that nothing has been changed. This means that consumers will be going to get the smoking exteriors and spacious interiors. As per another prediction it can be said that company will soon be going to launch the automatic version of hit hatchback Nissan Micra.

Renault-Nissan alliance has resulted in quite a lot of similar cars with minimal differences. The Sunny-Scala and Micra-Pulse are examples of the badge engineering. Near future will see the Renault Duster getting rebadged as a Nissan SUV. When Renault launched the Scala Automatic in petrol guise, what raised a lot of eyebrows was the fact that the Renault sibling got the automatic version ahead of Sunny which was launched before it.Nissan is all set to for Nissan Sunny automatic India launch. It will get the same automatic gearbox as the Scala. The Sunny will be sold in two trim levels, namely the XL and XV with the price if the XL variant being Rs.8.2 lakhs and the dearer sibling costing Rs.9.1 lakhs. Both these prices will be ex-showroom Delhi. These are the approximate expected prices and the actual prices may vary at the time of launch.

The X-Tronic transmission is expected to get an ARAI certified mileage of a whopping 17.97 kilometres for every litre of petrol you’ll put ito it. We believe it will become a better seller than the Scala in automatic version because it will cost around Rs.50,000-Rs.70,000 less than the Scala Automatic. The Scala costs more than the Sunny by around Rs.60,000-Rs.1,00,000 in diesel and petrol guises and we expect the price difference to be carried on to the Sunny Automatic as well.

Scala’s Automatic gearbox used as an illustration

Sunny has been present in the Indian market for quite a while and has been the car that has made Nissan taste success in India. The nearest competition, the Skoda Rapid costs Rs.8.7 lakhs for the base model whereas the king of the petrol C segment sedans, the Honda City in automatic guise costs Rs.9.2 lakhs for the base model. So the Sunny might just emerge as the bestseller amogst the other C-Segment automatics.